“Pray For Others!”
“Pray For Others…!”(I Thes.3:11-13).The prayer of intercession should be a constant in both family devotion and general worship. We cannot expect others to be what we want them to be if we do not intercede for them.We try as much as we can to be strengthened in the faith, but greater strengthening comes from the […]
“Let The Name Of The Lord Jesus Christ Be Held In High Honour!”
“Let The Name Of The Lord Jesus Christ Be Held In High Honour!”(Acts 19:11-20).“In the name of Jesus” are words of power. But the power in those words is not just in the words alone. The power in those words become effective if the words are not just lipservice utterances.The power in the words become […]
“Grace Beyond Boundaries!”
“Grace Beyond Boundaries!”(Mk.9:38-41).John the disciple said to Jesus,“Teacher, we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” The action of the disciples – acting without the knowledge of Jesus- is the peak of hypocritical fanaticism! According to such fanatics, nobody has […]
“Be Careful, Watch Out…!”
“Be Careful, Watch Out…!”(Mk.8:10-21).The Holy Scriptures contains various figures of speech and figurative langauge. Jesus constantly used figures of speech like, parables, alliteration, metaphor etc. Jesus’ disciples were slow learners and usually did not understand Jesus’ figures of speech; but sometimes it may be that their hearts were hardened!In the case of today’s text, the […]
“Repent…!”
“Repent…!”(Mk.6:7-13).During his earthly ministry Jesus was an itinerant preacher. He moved from place to place preaching, teaching and healing. These threefold mission of Jesus is ongoing.Jesus’ preaching focused on repentance, the ongoing preaching today continues on that but emphasises that after repentance we must believe in Jesus as the Christ, the son of God if […]